The M-13 rocket launcher fired a salvo from 5 kilometers away, and 135 powerful 132-mm rockets exploded in the target area in 10 seconds, a density like hail falling down!

The explosion of a 132-millimeter rocket was absolutely as powerful as a 122-millimeter grenade, and suddenly the entire building and open space were surrounded by explosions, and even the Red Army, which was preparing to charge more than 100 meters away, felt as if they were watching the end of the world!

The distance was close, and there was an accurate topographic map of the city as a reference, the accuracy of the rocket artillerymen's shooting was quite reliable, and their own people's rockets did not fall on the heads of Zhugashvili and others. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBut that's it, there are still a few rockets that are too close to the hiding places of their own infantry, and the dirt and broken bricks that blow up are smashed on the heads of the soldiers!

I can't care about it anymore, I may be in danger of being hit on the head by the mud, "Parotin, drive the car forward!" The major shouted into the intercom, and a high-explosive round was shoved into the chamber of the loader Alexander.

The SU-76 "rumbled", and before the shelling was over, it took to the corner of the street, drove a few meters forward, and stopped at the edge of the open space to prepare for the shelling.

By aiming at the gunner, Gun Commander Pavel saw that the smoke in front of him was not yet dispersed after the explosion had just stopped, and he saw that the building in front of him was in a mess by relying on the bright light of the fire point that was not bright!

The infantry charged, and the German fortifications in the open field were largely destroyed under the stormy shelling, but after a moment of silence in the building, a dense burst of fire erupted from the windows!

"Third floor on the left! Kill it! ”

Pavel's right hand turned the machine clockwise, and at the same time, the left hand machine shook forward slightly: "Die!" ”

As soon as he stepped on the firing plate, the 76.2mm grenade roared towards the target pointed out by the commander in a huge roar, and with the sound of violent explosions, several windows connected to the left and right floors of the target burst out of rubble, and the gun commander accurately shot the shell into the window!

It was a connected room, and when a high-explosive bomb passed, the Germans inside would not die, and they would not think about who else would be able to stand up!

"Clang", "High-explosive shell, reloaded!" ”

Alexander, the loader, shouted loudly and knocked Pavel on the shoulder with his left hand - this would still be reliable with a knock, there were explosions everywhere, and the shouts were inaudible!

The right-hand machine turned clockwise, and another shell was fired at the window in the middle of the building!

Two SU-76s were named one by one at the window, and wherever there was a German machine-gun fire point, the shells would arrive in a few seconds!

"Parotin, 20 degrees to the right!"

Hearing the shouts of the commander, the driver stepped on the clutch, loosened, pushed the right lever forward slightly, and the tank moved while the tracks, and the SU-76 immediately turned.

Before the brakes were three seconds away, the cannon opened fire again!

When the SU-76 opened fire on the roof of the building here, the artillery positions built by the mortars with sandbags had also been fired - 82mm mortar shells were fired at the target building a few hundred meters away as if they didn't need money: many rocket shells had already landed on the roof of the target building just now, but the assault guns could not hit the roof position, and the mortars needed to ensure that the Germans would not pose a deadly threat on the roof!

Not only the shells of the Red Army, but also the mortar shells of the German army in the west also fell on the heads of the Red Army from time to time, and not only did the neighborhoods already controlled by the Red Army explode, but more shells fell on the open ground!

The commander called for long-range artillery to suppress the German artillery fire, and those falling German shells were a great threat to the charging infantry!

On this side, the Pavel cleared the fire points by "roll call", and on the other side, the SU-152 was another form of fire support - they were demolishing the building!

A 152-mm high-explosive shell used to be a large chunk, and when the first SU-152 fired, a shell landed in the third window on the right side of the next building, and it actually blew through the upper and lower floors, and even the side walls were blown off a large chunk! The whole building is like something has been gnawed by something, and a large piece is missing from the side!

Those big guys only had 20 shells, and the rate of fire was slow, but with the method of "gnawing", three assault guns bombarded the entire exposed fire point in that building in a few minutes!

You don't need to aim carefully, as long as you roughly aim and fire, it will be a large piece of fire!

In the earth-shattering explosion, the target building was gnawed down piece by piece!

The infantry here has already rushed to the first floor of the target building, and is counting with grenades and entering the building, while the Red Army outside Building No. 2, 100 meters away, is simply waiting - the posture of the "big guy" can flatten the entire building, and the commanders are happy to reduce the casualties of their subordinates!

Farther away, a strange-looking tank rumbled less than a hundred meters from the target building, and the Red Army infantry behind it were far away, many of whom had never seen such weapons.

Actually, it was an old-fashioned weapon, modified from a T26 - the tank gun on the turret was gone, and it was replaced by a heavy flamethrower!

There are not many OT-130 Spitfire tanks converted from T26 tanks that were in service before the war, and this time they provided siege weapons for the 1st Guards Division, and the Logistics Department of the Front Army sent the last OT-130 company in this front army!

It has 360 litres of incendiary fuel in its reservoir and is capable of firing 40 sustained short bursts! With gasoline fuel with a viscous additive, the range reached the old-fashioned kerosene-oil and petroleum mixed incendiary range - up to a hundred meters! And the flames are even more powerful!

A long tongue of fire shot like a whip in the hands of the god of death towards the first floor of the building, one fire dragon after another!

Soon, the entire bottom of the building was surrounded by flames, including the small alleys on the side, which were burning violently!

Two more dragons shot at the second floor, and before the Spitfire tank had used up half of the fuel in the tank, there was no need for infantry to enter the building for hand-to-hand combat! However, it is estimated that the building that the laborers have worked so hard to build will only end up with a few reinforced concrete frames, and nothing else!

Covered by the Spitfire, a powerful Spitfire tank in close combat, the infantry followed and thrusted forward 200 meters from the street, leaving behind the burning buildings. That building has no use value for the time being, and the living can't enter the "purgatory", so just go around!

Originally, the Spitfire was not ready to participate in this attack, but the commander of the Spitfire volunteered, because they had "not fired a single shot" after launching the attack, and they were almost ready to be furnished - some commanders did not want to rely on a few somewhat outdated equipment to break through the German fortifications.

Obviously, the opinion of a small number of commanders is one-sided, and the burning building is the best proof of this! In this kind of hand-to-hand assault on fortifications, the Spitfire has an advantage that other equipment does not have!

The Spitfire tanks rushed forward in all directions, and to the surprise of the Red Army infantry, they barely met much resistance in the streets under the opening of the flames!

The Germans are retreating - if they don't retreat, they will burn to death, and they will fight with small arms and Spitfire tanks? And then there were the Soviet infantry!

Sometimes the power of a Spitfire tank is not only manifested in its flames, but also in its "scary"! - Soldiers would rather be killed by bullets and shells than burned alive!

It was not until the fuel ran out that the Spitfire tank retreated, and the infantry immediately seized the buildings and fortifications on both flanks. Comrade Commander is not a madman, in fact, the crew members were also worried just now, as long as a shell or anti-tank rocket came over, then he and his members would not even leave the scum!

The Spitfire Tank, it's a super dangerous bomb in its own right! And the armor of the T-26 is also a little too thin. Just like a single flamethrower operator, the opponent who burns people at any time is always given the "highest priority", not only because of the lack of skill, but also because of the courage not to be afraid of burning it yourself!

No one wants to end up being burned alive!

The flamethrower showed its power in the First World War, and although the casualties on both sides were far inferior to those of machine guns and heavy artillery, the flamethrowers used on both sides undoubtedly brought great psychological shock and pressure to the opposing soldiers who were shivering in the muddy water in the near-hand-to-hand trench warfare.

"Scary" can sometimes be a very effective tactic, but flamethrowers are often even terrifying to their own people!

Flamethrowers are now commonly used to fortify buildings, bunkers, and fortifications, as well as to clear out remnants of the enemy, and the soldiers who dare to use them are brave soldiers - as one soldier said: Am I willing to use this equipment in battle, even if I have to? No! Thank you very much.

Why did he refuse? The reason is simple, on the battlefield, if you are hit by a pistol, rifle or even a machine gun, it is nothing more than leaving a hole in your body, but if you are unfortunate enough to carry a flamethrower, then any small piece of shrapnel can burn you into a fireball! When enemy soldiers hear the sound of your flamethrower, all the bullets will fall around you.

No soldier wants to be burned, and all experienced soldiers will give priority to 'taking care' of the guy who tried to burn them with a flamethrower with their bullets! (It seems that the Germans also gave an order in World War II to shoot them on the spot without consultation once they captured a member of the opposing flamethrower or Spitfire, and such "rumors" seem to be common in all countries.) ）

Therefore, on the battlefield, many people would rather fight with a small weapon at hand, even if it is just a pistol, than use that ghostly thing, because only in this way will they have a better chance of survival. ”。

But if a brave soldier dares to use a flamethrower, and the tactics are used wisely, then his opponent will be in bad luck!

Taking advantage of the fact that the Germans were frightened, the Spitfire tanks and infantry rushed for a while, and now the Spitfire tanks quickly withdrew!

When the Spitfire tank came down, the commanders of the SU-152 wanted to curse, including the infantry regiment commander who was responsible for capturing this area, they also wanted to curse - they only wanted it to clear the obstacles, but they didn't think that the comrades of the chemical tank company set fire to it and turned the buildings that were supposed to be captured by the infantry into a big torch!

"It's too much! Let them clear the barricades and trenches later! Let them participate in this storming building, and there will not be even any scum left! ”

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At dawn, after a whole night of fierce fighting, in the east of the city, the entire city was already under the control of the Red Army, except for a small area that was still under German control. In the western part of the city, the situation is more complicated, although there is some progress, but because the main buildings of the city are basically here, and the German fortifications are stronger, the situation on both sides is staggered!

In the war room of the headquarters, according to the latest report, the red area on the map of the inner door is constantly expanding, and the form is relatively optimistic. However, there was also bad news - the Germans were sending more troops to the Vilnius front, and Tukhachevsky demanded that the campaign be ended as soon as possible to prevent a major change in the situation in Lithuania.

"Marshal, at several important gathering points in the west of the city, the Germans have retracted and arranged a large number of artillery, and if they are only shelled with heavy artillery, it is estimated that they will not be basically destroyed until nightfall tonight."

It was impossible for Fekochinov and Vatutins to use all their heavy artillery to shell the city, and they had to deal with the German artillery on the south side of the river and the German support forces on the west flank. If the artillery and infantry in the city were to attack alone, this time and casualties would be problematic.

Lin Jun looked at the map carefully - they were all solid reinforced concrete buildings, and if time permitted, they could be gnawed down one by one with howitzers, but now he had a better way.

"Inform the Air Force and let them send the best dive bomber pilots with 500 kg of bombs!" Lin Jun pointed his finger at the most sturdy buildings marked, "Blow it up!" ”

Who is the best dive bomber pilot who can now reach the skies over the inner menzione? Colonel Ivan Semenovich Polbin!

Now he is the deputy division commander, the troops are in Minsk, and yesterday they took part in the bombing of the inner Menzine. Before dawn this morning, the airfield in Minsk was ready to take off again, and Polbin received today's specific order from the air.

Originally, he was carrying out the task of bombing the German troops on the Vilnius side today, and the task was very flexible, but this time it was replaced by precision bombing, "Yes, to ensure the completion of the mission"

Answering the notice from the base, the colonel said to the navigator: "Dunkic, take out the aerial map of the inner city of Inner Gate, we are going to bomb at a fixed point." "At the same time, the other 15 bombers in the formation and the 8 fighters escorting the escort were notified that the plan needed to be adjusted.

"Get in touch with our bombing liaison as soon as possible, and don't point me to the wrong target!"

"Don't worry, Colonel, I won't let you drop the bomb on your own head."

Dunkic said lightly, but his hands and feet were not slow at all, and while adjusting the frequency of the station, he also took out the target area reference map in the aerial chart bag for comparison.

Half of the 16 Pi-2 dive bombers carried two 500-kilogram FAB500 high-explosive bombs and six 100-kilogram aerial bombs, while the other eight were four 250-kilogram FAB250 and six 100-kilogram aerial bombs. For an average building, even if it is a 250-kilogram aerial bomb, as long as the impact point is right, it will be devastating (the charge coefficient of the aerial bomb is much larger than that of a high-explosive artillery shell, generally between 35 and 40 percent!). ）！

In the dull roar of engines, only the sound of the rear-seat navigator calling to the ground liaison station was the sound of Polbin himself flying with reference to his own aeronautical charts - a distance he did not yet need to navigate.

"If we get in touch, the ground bombing navigator will give us target instructions. In terms of three targets, they are all reinforced concrete buildings. ”

"I'm No. 1, and the 3rd and 4th squadrons are paying attention, and they will support the infantry outside the city according to the original plan. The 1st and 2nd squadrons followed me to bomb the German-controlled buildings in the city. ”

There was a "understood" answer from the headset: Polbin was very confident in the technology of these subordinates, and it was enough for two planes to blow up one target, and it was guaranteed that one bomb would not miss.

Soon, at an altitude of two thousand meters, Polbin saw the inner city of Inner Menzi in the smoke of gunfire—more dilapidated than yesterday, and more black smoke burning.

"To the west of the city, 400 meters north of the Nerees River, a five-storey building with a width of 60 meters, on the right are two rows of small two-story houses. The second and third targets are both four-story buildings, each about eighty meters wide, in the front and rear wings of the two-story building. ”

Dunkic repeated the target situation three times so that the other pilots understood.

"One squadron bombed Target One, four windmills; The second squadron attacked in two-plane units. Once you've determined that your target has been destroyed, you can drop the remaining bombs to the west of the target, which is in German-controlled territory, but don't go too far and beware of dropping them on friendly forces! ”

Whistling over their own troops, without the threat of German small-caliber anti-aircraft guns - who would put a machine gun on the roof of a building? That's looking for your own death! Mortars on both sides will be able to take out any top-level target that dares to be exposed!

Higher formations of aerial fighters are circling, covering the actions of the dive bombers, ensuring that the bombers are not attacked, and Polbin and others can carry out a precise targeted bombing with peace of mind!

Soon, Polbin and the other pilots found the target through the smoke: very striking, because there were constant explosions of shells on the target! Very easy to discern.

"Don't have your own grenades on your head!" Dunkic thought it was a little funny, and if that was the case, he would have to blame him for being unlucky!

"Attention to the 1st and 2nd squadrons, spread out according to their respective objectives. Windmill bombing, distance away! Bolbin gave the order loudly. The captains of the three bombers behind him were circling in the air—they were even looking for other targets to drop: Comrade Colonel had always destroyed targets with just one blow, and he himself was the alert force when the colonel attacked for the first time.

The building below will be reimbursed for two 500-kilogram high-explosive aerial bombs!

Adjusting the dive angle of the aircraft to 55 degrees, Polbin opened the airplane dive speed brake, and the Pi-2 dived down, and the bagpipes on the wings made a terrible scream!

Under the gaze of the personnel on both sides on the ground, Pi-2 roared down like a falcon pounced on the target, and the adrenaline level of the person was sharply increased! The piercing whistle pierces the eardrums!

1500 meters, 1000 meters, 800 meters, 500 meters! The bomber was already below the specified bombing altitude, but the navigators Dunkic and Polbin on the plane only had a feeling of excitement and no worries in their hearts: this was Polbin's usual habit of dropping bombs, ensuring high hitting accuracy!

The center of the sight is firmly fixed to the east of the roof of the target building, and according to the experience of multiple bombs, the actual impact point will be slightly forward!

At the height of 400, Polbin pressed the bomb button! Two 500-kilogram high-explosive bombs on the wings roared down! Pull the joystick and increase the throttle to the maximum! Put away the airbrake, throw away the load of nearly a ton Dibi-2 slowly raised the nose of the plane, changed the dive at a height of less than 100 meters from the ground, and climbed high in the air with a roar!

The people down there watched as two black bombs whizzed and fell!

(Today's first update, make up for yesterday's, if there is time, there is still a change.) The "11" in the chapter is busy and there is an error, it should be "12". (To be continued.) )